180 AVENA PUBESCENS. 
colour reddish purple; base hirsute. Inner palea much shorter, 
and exceedingly thin. Length from twelve to twenty-four inches. 
Root perennial and creeping. 
Flowers in the middle of June, and ripens its seed in the 
middle of July. 
This species usually grows in dry situations in chalky or 
limestone districts. 
The illustration is from a specimen gathered at Burton, by 
Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester. 
